Agilent Technologies 16700 - Manual (Page 61)

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Solve Serial Communication Problems
Your system may use serial buses to
communicate between ICs and to
transfer data to and from peripheral
devices. Sifting through thousands of
serial bits by looking at long vertical
columns of captured 1's and 0's can
be very tedious, time-consuming, and
error-prone.
Obtain Answers to the Following
Questions:
• Is the software sending the correct
message?
• Is the communication hardware
acting as expected?
• When multiple messages are
involved, in what order is data
being transmitted?
• How does the serial bus activity
correlate to the target system
processor?
• What is causing the data corrup-
tion in the target system?
Product Description
The Agilent Technologies B460lB seri-
al analysis tool set is a general-pur-
pose tool that allows easy viewing
and analysis of serial data.
The tool set enables you to:
• Convert acquired serial bit
streams into readable parallel
word formats
• Time-correlate real-time serial
traces to system activity
• Remove stuffed bits from the data
block
• Process frame and data portions
separately
• Process serial data from a signal
with or without an external clock
reference
• Capture and analyze high-speed
(1 GHz) serial buses
Post-Processing and Analysis Tool Sets
Serial Analysis